NWCraft24
In Person at Schack Art Center
2921 Hoyt Ave, Everett, WA 98201-4086
Northwest Designer Craftartists presents a survey of contemporary and traditional craft in America today created by members of NWDC and invited guest artists. All NWDC members are welcome to submit work to be selected by a panel of jurors. This exhibition is an opportunity to celebrate excellence in craft and design, and to compare and contrast current and continuing trends in craftmaking. It promises to be a seminal exhibition marking today’s trends and tomorrow’s imaginings, bringing world-class craft artists to Washington. This is an opportunity for the public to learn and be inspired by the rich community of craft artists in the Northwest and across the country.
Artists Talk: Northwest Designer Craftartists & Bainbridge Arts & Crafts: Exquisite Ornament
Artists Talk: Northwest Designer Craftartists & Bainbridge Arts & Crafts: Exquisite Ornament
Join members of Northwest Designer Craftartists along with NWDC’s Executive Director, Daniel Wallace and Derba Ruzinsky, the Executive Director of Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, for a discussion and presentation of contemporary craft in the Pacific Northwest. The event will highlight NWDC’s past and current members working in jewelry, wearable art, and the ornamental, with a focus on the exhibition “Exquisite Ornament”, currently on view at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts. Exhibiting artists Amy Roberts, David Traylor, Gabriela Nirino, R. Leon Russell will participate in this panel conversation. Reception following.
Bainbridge Arts and Craft: Exquisite Ornament
In Person at:
Bainbridge Arts and Crafts (BAC)
151 Winslow Avenue E
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Phone: (206) 448-1616
Email: NWDCExhibitions@gmail.com
Throughout human history, our innate inclination towards ornamental expression has woven a rich narrative. As Elizabeth Gilbert eloquently penned, we are artisans driven to render things more beautiful than mere necessity dictates. In this collaboration with Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, we extend an invitation for you to contribute works that bear witness to our inherent desire to adorn not only ourselves but also the spaces and objects that surround us.
The spectrum of acceptable submissions is broad – from wearable pieces to sculptural objects. Embracing various craft media, including ceramics, wood, fiber, glass, metals or a harmonious blend of these elements, we encourage the exploration of artistic boundaries.
You might craft jewelry from precious metals and stones, or perhaps you'll venture into uncharted territories, transforming recycled materials and repurposed objects into unexpected treasures. For some, this might be an opportunity to reimagine traditional metalsmithing or fiberworking techniques in unconventional forms. Whether your objective is to create something arrestingly captivating, eye-catching, or even dazzling, this exhibition will showcase the ornamental in all its forms
NWDC Member Artist Talk - Joyce Hayes: Color and Line, the Journey
Artist Statement for COVID-Essence Series:
This tapestry is from my new Essence series, which began at the beginning of the COVID pandemic. I am working with color, value and line, which is a continuing interest from my days as a serigraph and intaglio printmaker. I explore hatching, which is a historical technique common to both printmaking and tapestry and instead of using hatching as a shading device to create volume; I have streamlined the technique into a graphic, two-dimensional design element.
NWDC Member Artist Talk: Mary Lee Hu
Presented on Zoom
Join NWDC Members and other craft lovers on Sunday, January 21 at 3 PM for our next NWDC Member Artist Talk presented on Zoom. This talk is open to the public. Mary Lee Hu is a masterful and passionate weaver of metal. As an artist, lecturer, and teacher, she has been an active contributor to the civic and cultural life of the Pacific Northwest for decades.
Mary has received numerous awards including the Flintridge Foundation Award for Visual Artists and three NEA Crafts Fellowships. Her work is in the following collections:
Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Tacoma Art Museum; Yale University Art Gallery; American Craft Museum; the Victoria and Albert Museum, among others. Selected exhibitions include: “Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection,” Museum of Fine Art, Boston; Korean & American Metalsmithing Exhibition, Kepco Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea; “Craft in America: Expanding Traditions,” National Tour; “The Art of Gold,” Crocker Art Museum, and US Tour; “Sculptural Concerns: Contemporary American Metalworking”, Fort Wayne Museum and National Tour.
Vessels Speak Volumes
NWDC and Gallery Mack invite you to an exhibition in downtown Seattle’s Pike Market District on the theme of “Vessels.”
Vessels Speak Volumes
November 21, 2023 to January 13, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, December 8, 2023
Juried by: Tim Detweiler & Michelle Bufano
Human makers have made vessels since they first discovered that wet clay would hold a shape and that grasses could be interlocked to turn single strips to solid cloth. In Gallery Mack’s exhibition "Vessels Speak Volumes'' artist/members of Northwest Designer Craftartists take the functional form of vessel to tell tales, not just of the limits and abstract expressive potential of materials whether clay, fiber, metals, glass or wood but also to narrate personal and cultural stories of our time. Technique and craftsmanship are important concerns in this exhibition. Endless hours of weaving, polishing, hammering, pulping, scraping, wedging, and sanding allow and interplay of surfaces and depths, of luminous light and shadowy chiaroscuro. Some vessels allude to cherished myths of family and friends, others hint at large scale almost-too-painful personal and historical events. Each pot, bag, vase, round or low form invites your eyes to travel around the vessels and to look inside for what might be hidden.
Artists include: Nanz Aalund, Karen Abel, Lanny Bergner, Jon Kevin Blackburn, Danielle Bodine, Charissa Brock, David Chambers, Ginny Conrow, Gina Freuen, Zia Gipson, Noble Golden, P. Jill Green, Larry Halvorsen, Lois Harbaugh, Steve Jensen, Sharon Kita, Katherine Lewis, Nancy Loorem Adams, Julia Lowther, Anna Macrae, Dorothy McGuinness, Brian O'Neill, Barbara Osborne, Reid Ozaki, Inge Roberts, Terri Shinn, Kapka Stoyanova, Joan Stuart Ross, Jean-Marie Tarascio, John Taylor, Mary Tyler, Barbara J. Walker, Maria Wickwire, Bella Yongok Kim, and JudyZugish.
“Vessels Speak Volumes” is a collaborative venture between Seattle’s long-time Pike Market gallery, Gallery Mack and the nearly 70 year old artists organization Northwest Designer Craftartists.
Northwest Designer Craftartists (NWDC) was founded in 1954 to promote excellence of design and craftsmanship and to stimulate public appreciation and interest in fine craft. Artists in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska, who work professionally in clay, wood, glass, metal, fiber, and/or mixed media, are members.
From the beginning, NWDC accepted only new members who had the highest professional craftsmanship and standards. Whether working in metal, wood, clay or textiles, NWDC members held a common respect for materials and process. Today, membership has grown to over 180 individuals working in a variety of craft mediums from weaving, quilting and basketry to an array of jewelry and metal arts, as well as mixed media artists who create using a variety of techniques and materials, blurring the lines between fine art and craft. Whether functional or not, there is quality work that exemplifies the continuity of craft tradition wedded to contemporary expression.
NWDC Member Artist Talk: Stewart Wong: Exploring My Heritage through Kapa
November 18, 2023
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
King Street Station
Select to learn more at the Eventbrite website
Kapa, also known as bark cloth, is a traditional Hawaiian textile made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree (Wauke in Hawaiian) 1. I grew up with kapa in my Hawaiian homeland. In 2023 I returned home to Oahu and learned how to make kapa from the local Wauke and also learned the tools used to produce it. I’ve spent the past year working in my studio experimenting and honing my skills and have shared my experience with the community in open studios at the Burke Museum.
I’ve found working with kapa to be a transformative experience. The process is meditative and requires patience, research, and experience. Kapa is a holistic and therapeutic experience demanding a clear mind and positive thinking. When I'm not feeling right, physically or spiritually, working with kapa transforms me. My condition, my life force, my mana as we call it in Hawai'i, reenergizes. This is why I use the term holistic. The life of the Wauke is the embodiment of all life. The plants' life force fills me as I touch it, hold it, transform it.
Exploring and working with kapa has renewed my appreciation for the rich cultural heritage of my homeland, Hawai'i, and the importance of preserving traditional art forms. It is my way of staying connected to my ethnic and cultural heritage and to the spiritual world of the Hawaiian people and my ancestry; it provides me with a deep connection to the natural world.
My work is a celebration of the beauty and resilience of Hawaiian culture, inspired in a contemporary context. I hope to inspire others to connect with their own cultural heritage through art.
NWDC Member Artist Talk: Barbara J. Walker: The Accidental Fiber Artist
The essence of my work can be pared down to two elements, interlacements and puzzle solving. How do I make threads do what I want them to do? Be they silk, linen, cotton, or wool, individual threads or twisted into cords, embellished or plain, various interlacement structures provide a myriad of possibilities. - Barbara J. Walker
https://barbarajwalker.com/
Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound
Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound
October 26, 2023 - December 22, 2023
Jansen Art Center
321 Front Street, Lynden, WA
Tuesday through Thursday 11 am - 7 pm
Friday and Saturdays 11 am - 5 pm (free)
Opening reception: October 26, 5 - 7 pm
https://www.jansenartcenter.org
NWDC Members Cecilia Blomberg, Joyce Hayes, Margo MacDonald, Mary Lane, Julia Rapinoe, and Ellen Ramsey are participating.
NWDC GLASS Closing Reception
NWDC GLASS
October 12 - 15, 2023
Steve Jensen Studios
1424 Tenth Avenue Seattle, WA 98122
NWDC presents NWDC Glass, an exhibition highlighting glass art created by members including work by Daniel Adams, Steve Jensen, Lin McJunkin, Preston Singletary, Annette Tamm, Cynthia Toops, Jean Tudor, Dick Weiss, and John Webster.
Opening Reception: October 12, 2023 | 5 - 9 PM
Closing Reception: Artist Talk by Steve Jensen: October 15 | 3 PM
Gallery Open Hours:
Thurs, Oct 12: 5 - 9 PM
Fri, Oct 13: 3- 6 PM
Sat, Oct 14: 12 - 4 PM
Sun, Oct 15: 12 - 4 PM
Image Caption: Steve Jensen, The Ice is Melting Our Ship is Sinking, Cast lead crystal (boat) etched found bottle, broken glass and melted ice from Antarctica. 9”x25”x9”
NWDC GLASS Opening Reception
NWDC GLASS
October 12 - 15, 2023
Steve Jensen Studios
1424 Tenth Avenue Seattle, WA 98122
NWDC presents NWDC Glass, an exhibition highlighting glass art created by members including work by Daniel Adams, Steve Jensen, Lin McJunkin, Preston Singletary, Annette Tamm, Cynthia Toops, Jean Tudor, Dick Weiss, and John Webster.
Opening Reception: October 12, 2023 | 5 - 9 PM
Closing Reception: Artist Talk by Steve Jensen: October 15 | 3 PM
Gallery Open Hours:
Thurs, Oct 12: 5 - 9 PM
Fri, Oct 13: 3- 6 PM
Sat, Oct 14: 12 - 4 PM
Sun, Oct 15: 12 - 4 PM
Image Caption: Steve Jensen, The Ice is Melting Our Ship is Sinking, Cast lead crystal (boat) etched found bottle, broken glass and melted ice from Antarctica. 9”x25”x9”
NWDC GLASS
NWDC GLASS
October 12 - 15, 2023
Steve Jensen Studios
1424 Tenth Avenue Seattle, WA 98122
NWDC presents NWDC Glass, an exhibition highlighting glass art created by members including work by Daniel Adams, Steve Jensen, Lin McJunkin, Preston Singletary, Annette Tamm, Cynthia Toops, Jean Tudor, Dick Weiss, and John Webster.
Cheryll Leo-Gwin | Larger Than Life
October 2-December 29, 2023
Jack Straw Atrium Gallery
Visits by appointment, M-F, 10am-5:30pm
Call 206-634-0919 or email jsp@jackstraw.org to schedule a visit
https://www.jackstraw.org/exhibit/cheryll-leo-gwin-larger-than-life/
Larger than Life, by northwest artist Cheryll Leo-Gwin, presents a series of oversized prints based on oral histories the artist recorded from Chinese women who survived turbulent times in the US and China. They used their art to fight for freedom. Leo-Gwin uses these oral histories as a point of departure for her oversized prints, sculpture, animation, and recordings.
Accompanying the exhibition is the release of Buried Alive, a pilot podcast produced by StoryBoards Northwest and Jack Straw Cultural Center. Buried Alive follows the journey of the Misty Poets of China, who at great peril held underground salons for artists and writers during China’s Cultural Revolution. Like the title of the exhibition, these oral histories loom Larger than Life as presented and re-enacted in this exhibition. The identities of the Misty Poets have been changed to protect those who currently reside inside China.
This exhibit is made possible with the support of Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4Culture, Arts WA, StoryBoards Northwest, and the Stroum Jewish Community Center.
13th Workhouse Clay International
Lois Harbaugh, “I Can Handle Negative Space.” Low-fire Terra Cotta.
Lois Harbaugh was pleased to be juried into the 13th Workhouse Clay International at Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA by George Rodriquez.
Exhibit runs August 5 - October 22.
Vulcan Gallery 9518 Workhouse Way Lorton, VA, 22079 United States (map)
The Annual Workhouse Clay International exhibition represents the depth and breadth of contemporary functional and sculptural ceramic artworks being created throughout the country. Ceramic artist George Rodriguez juried over 200 images to select 44 artworks that incorporate a contemporary spirit as well as technical skill in the material. The exhibition is an exciting opportunity to see a variety of styles and techniques that encompass the field of contemporary ceramic arts.
Traver Gallery Artist Grp. Ex.
Traver Gallery is excited to present a Gallery Artist group exhibition in August featuring various contemporary artists working in clay, wood, glass, ceramics, paintings, paper, and mosaics. This exhibition will feature a curated selection of artworks, including new works, that highlight the artists' commitment to a masterful understanding and commitment to experimentation within their chosen material.
Artists featured in his exhibition are Tom DeGroot, Lauren Grossman, Harold Hollingsworth, Naoko Morrisawa, Eric Nelson, and others. Traver Gallery is thrilled to be representing this group of dedicated artists and is excited to share their work with you throughout the month of August.
The World Upside Down
Traver Gallery is thrilled to present The World Upside Down, an extraordinary new exhibition by renowned artist Patti Warashina. Warashina, whose work in clay spans 60 years, is deeply fascinated with human nature. Best known for her figurative work in clay, she utilizes both the form and the surface to depict narratives that delve into the peculiarities of human experience, politics, current events, and consciousness.
Bojagi Journey
Bojagi Journey
Pacific NW Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum
La Conner, WA
July 26 - October 8, 2023
NWDC Members Patti King, Laura Stangel Schmidt, Cheryl Lawrence, Inge Roberts, Elin Noble, and Zia Gipson are included in the exhibition.
The Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum is pleased to present Patti King's curated exhibition, Bojagi Journey 2023. The bojagi “Journey” that the title of this exhibit refers to, began over 30 years ago with the visionary artist, teacher and advocate Chunghie Lee, whose teaching, writing and lecturing took bojagi out of Korea for the first time and introduced the unique folk tradition throughout the world. Prior to this 30-year period, and dating back 600 years, bojagi were made exclusively by Korean women and a mundane presence in domestic Korean life. In fact, bojagi was only recognized as a unique and profound art form by Korean society in the early 1900s. In Bojagi Journey 2023 the artworks cover the spectrum from highly traditional to conceptual. That is, contemporary bojagi artists are no longer motivated by need and function, traditional bojagi’s backbone. This shift is similar to the evolving mindset of quilters, prioritizing concept over traditional form and function.
The Apple Tree on the Abandoned Railroad Line
The Apple Tree on the Abandoned Railroad line
July 9 - August 27, 2023
High Five Art Gallery
Barrle-Nassau, The Netherlands
Opening reception Sunday, July 9 from 3-6pm
Gallery hours, Saturday and Sunday from 1-6 and by appointment
BIMA Spotlight
BIMA Spotlight – Juried Exhibition
Jun 30 – Sep 10, 2023
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art presents BIMA Spotlight, our first-ever juried group exhibition. Six jurors reviewed approximately 3,400 artworks, submitted by 606 artists from the Puget Sound region. The result is a diverse salon-style show, filling the majority of BIMA’s two gallery floors. BIMA Spotlight is part of BIMA’s 10th Anniversary celebration.
Learn more: https://www.biartmuseum.org/exhibitions/bima-spotlight/
NWDC Artists: (as of April 18)
Daniel Adams, Cecilia Blomberg, Virginia Causey, Barbara De Pirro, Julie Sevilla Drake, Kathleen Faulkner, Jenny Fillius, Zia Gipson, Noble Golden, Carol Gouthro, Jill Green, Bella Kim, Margo Macdonald, Anna Macrae, Dorothy McGuinness, Naoko Morisawa, Barbara Osborne, Joan Stuart Ross, Kathy Ross, Terri Shinn, Kathleen Skeels, Jean-Marie Tarascio, Cynthia Toops, Sande Wascher-James, Suze Woolf
NWDC Member Artist Talk: Dorothy McGuinness: From Baskets to Sculptures
Sunday, June 4 | 3:00 - 4:15 pm
NWDC Member Artist Talk
Dorothy McGuinness: From Baskets to Sculptures
Dorothy McGuinness will discuss her basket making journey of learning all she could about many basketry techniques and materials. She will talk about her switch to paper as a weaving medium and her utilization of the diagonal twill technique to transform her work into sculptural forms.
Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Twister, Watercolor paper, acrylic paint, 2015. Courtesy of the Artist
Cheryll Leo-Gwin NWDC Member Artist Talk: “Underground with a Rabbit”
Navigating an underground world with a rabbit: my encounter with that hare was my earliest experience with surrealism. Alice in Wonderland is still a favorite story. The juxtaposition of opposite shapes, colors, sizes and concepts continue to influence my work. Decades later, I continue to chase the rabbit to incredible places creating work from low tech materials to high tech digital collages, animation and the yet to be discovered.
Image Caption:
“Where Spring has Gone” (view A)
Sterling silver, acrylic, pearls, photo-enamel, rabbit fur
Photo credit: Artist
The Earth Observed
Barbara De Pirro's Fiber & Acrylic Sculptures in celebration of Earth Day are currently exhibited along with Jason Astorquia's Paintings. 'The Earth Observed' at Dakota Art Gallery in Bellingham, WA. Exhibition runs April - May 2023.
Learn more, https://dakotaartstores.com/exhibits
Bella Yongok Kim Solo Exhibition
April 3 - June 9, 2023
Bella Yongok Kim Solo Exhibition
TCC (Tacoma Community College) Gig Harbor Campus, 3993 Hunt St. Gig Harbor, WA 98335
Reception: May 4, 4-6 pm
Bella Yongok Kim will present about two dozen recent artworks, all of which are made of recycled plastic packaging materials.
As an artist, I want to be a part of the environmental movement and reduce the consumption of energy and resources while doing my creative activities. In my surroundings, it is easy to find leftovers and packages of food or merchandise that are going to be thrown away. As I see their colors and textures as unique, special, and still gorgeous, I collect these plastics every day and prepare them for transformation, then I cut, wash, and dry them. Those pieces are in various sizes and colors. I regroup them based on colors and textures, then sew and patch them to create the whole artwork. This transformation of useless materials into meaningful results gives me endless joy and I hope that people would also appreciate how ordinary materials can be used for art. - Bella Yongok Kim
Bellakim.com
Patricia Resseguie: “A Tribute To the Written Word”
Patricia Resseguie will exhibit several works at an invitational show “A Tribute To the Written Word” at Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park on Camano Island. The show opens March 11 and closes April 16. The gallery is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 to 5. The exhibition explores how language, books and journals influence artists.
Image: Collaboration between Patricia Resseguie and Robin Clark. 48”W x 18” H x 4”D. Prayer slips, ink, hog wire grid, cherry wood.
Artful Stories and Community Narratives
Artful Stories and Community Narratives
Community Program, Thursday, March 9, 2023
Sammamish City Hall 801 228th Avenue SE Sammamish 98075
Artful Stories and Community Narratives is an exhibit of work by artists who have used their art as a narrative for their stories or journeys - personal stories that are related to world events, cultural or family traditions - stories/experiences that recall events or lived experiences that add to the understanding of America’s fabric.
Artists Included: Sanjida Mity, Beverly Aarons, Carolyn Autenrieth, Gail Baker, Christie Cave, Marilyn Charlat-Dix, Carla Dimitriou, Randee Fox, Cheryll Leo-Gwin, Jeanne Hocker-Nordquist, Janice King, Kelly Lyles, Barbara Noah, Grant Peng, Johanna Porter, Michael Rainwater, Carol Ross, Ann Elizabeth Scott
Exhibit Tour + Program to present and gather stories, to create community and for making connections.
6:30 - 7:00pm Exhibit tour in the Commons Gallery
7:00 - 8:30pm Stories and Telling in Council Chambers
Jean Hicks: Fiber Animals, Botanical Dyes, Gardens, and Cats
Jean Hicks: Fiber Animals, Botanical Dyes, Gardens, and Cats
Presenting her 2019 Fellowship to Civita di Bagnoreggio, Italy
March 2, 2023 | 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Zoom Event
Guaranteed to lift your spirits, these four Fellows' presentations will add delight and inspiration to a winter evening! Each Fellow has crafted and refined the story of her month-long stay in Civita di Bagnoregio into a 10-minute, TED-talk type video. Take a break from winter, and join us by registering at thecivitainstitute.wildapricot.org/Donate.
Zoom links will be sent shortly before the start of the virtual event.
Email memberships@civitainstitute.org or info@civitainstitute.org with questions.
NWDC Annual “Show and Tell”
7:00 PM Welcome
7:10 PM New Member and Honorary Member Introductions
Followed by Image Bank “Show & Tell”
All members and guests are welcome whether participating in the “Show and Tell” or not. This is a great chance to get to know the work of fellow NWDC members including meeting our newest Artist and Honorary Members as well as our Executive Director, Daniel Wallace.
NWDC Annual “Show and Tell”
Zoom Meeting Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81543784835
Meeting ID: 815 4378 4835
Images: (Clockwise) Jill Norfords Clark, Elin Noble, Zia Gipson, Mark Wedekin, Jean Tudor, Kathy Ross.
Katazome Today
February 11, 2023 - June 11, 2023
Katazome Today
Whatcom Museum
250 Flora Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
Visit the upcoming exhibition of Japanese textiles curated by Seiko Purdue.
Katazome Today presents contemporary visions of a unique and historically significant Japanese textile-dyeing process. Traditionally used for kimono dyeing, katazome involves the application of a rice-paste resist using special stencil papers with complex designs. Both the techniques of katazome, and those of the intricately hand carved stencil papers (katagami), have been passed down through generations of artisans over several centuries.
Image: Cheryl Lawrence; Snowstorm (diptych details), 2011. Katazome with indigo pigment on silk; 44 x 35 in. each panel. Courtesy of the artist.
Zoom Artist Talk: Nancy Mēgan Corwin: Evolution of a Maker and Storyteller
Trained as jeweler and small metals sculptor, Megan’s work, whether jewelry, vessels, flatware, or sculptures, has a story to tell. Some stories are about specific places. Some about people she has known. Many are pure imagination expressed in multi-media sculptures. She will be sharing these stories and pieces created over 50 years of studio practice in this presentation for NWDC.
Join others on Sunday, February 5 at 3 PM to enjoy a Zoom lecture by Nancy Mēgan Corwin
Zoom Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82220283872
Meeting ID: 822 2028 3872
Image: “Dark” brooch. 2009. 3.5” diameter. Sterling silver
small works - Big Ideas | Juried by Richard Notkin
February 3-25, 2023
small works - Big Ideas | Juried by Richard Notkin
Clay Studio of Missoula
Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, 5-8pm
Reception includes free public lecture with Richard Notkin at 7pm
Online gallery launches on Monday, February 6
small works, Big Ideas, is the 2023 juried exhibition at the Clay Studio of Missoula. This exhibition focuses on creations that may be diminutive in size, but have a commanding presence due to the concepts explored and/or technical execution. Fifty-two works by 37 artists were selected from entries throughout North America.
This year’s exhibit was juried by Richard Notkin, an internationally recognized artist living in Vaughn, Washington. Richard has created ceramic sculptures and teapots laden with social and political commentary for more than five decades. His art is in more than 70 museum collections throughout America, Europe and Asia. Among his awards are three Individual Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and grants from the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Tiffany Foundation, and the Hoi Fellowship from United States Artists. Notkin is a Fellow of the American Craft Council, received the Honorary Membership Award from NCECA, and Meloy Stevenson Award from the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts.
small works – Big Ideas Artists:
Arlynn Abseck, Shannon Blakey, Jeremy Brooks, Jim Budde, Susan Carlson, Scott Chatenever, Cori Crumrine, Holly Curcio, Janice Farley, Shanna Fliegel, Zara Gardner, Tina Gebhart, Lois Harbaugh, Steve Hilton, Betsey Hurd, Tim Keenan, Meredith Knight, Stacy Larson, Niya Lee, William McKinney, Tamara Meyer, Matthew O'Reilly, Alex Okenfuss, Grace Orwen, Bethany Panhorst, Carla Potter, Logan Reynolds, Mark Rigsby, Mari Rizzuto, Vanessa Romo, Nick Schroeder, Kelly Shipp, Susan Speck, Karen Van Galder, Asma Waheed, Merrie Wright, Valerie Yardley
The exhibition will be on display at the Clay Studio of Missoula from February 3-25, 2023, with an opening on Friday, February 3, from 5-8pm.
Image: Lois Harbaugh, “Cut Cup Chartreuse”, terra cotta with underglaze colors 3”t x 7”w x 5.5”d, 2022
Happy Room- Mosaic Collage by Naoko Morisawa
February 2 – April 6 2023
Happy Room- Mosaic Collage by Naoko Morisawa
King Street Station Gallery
The City of Seattle has granted NWDC member Naoko Morisawa the opportunity to exhibit over 35 artworks in an installation at the King Street Station Gallery in 2023. They will present artworks created over the last 15 years, including oilstained, wood and paper mosaic collage, opera noh masks, new abstract works, and collage installation. This is the largest exhibition of Naoko's works to date. This will be a two-person show with a digital exhibition created by the artist Hexe Fey.
Images (left to right): My Collection -Yokohama Ruby, My Collection- Original, My Collection -Gulliver. All are Hand Crafted Oil-Stained Wood Mosaics, Acrylic and Oil on Wooden Board. 40 x 30 in.